More than half of women aged 25–64 had tertiary education compared with just over third of men at the same age in 2017. Around 56% of women and 43% of men in the capital region had tertiary education but 41% of women and 20% of men in other regions. On the other hand 39% of men and 26% of women in the capital region had upper and post-secondary education compared with 47% of men and 29% of women in other regions. The share of people with compulsory education only was roughly twice as high outside the capital region as in it.

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